By 14rachelp | May 31, 2011
Lives And Times of Edwin Binney (the founder of Crayola crayons)
By: Jennifer Blazon Gillis
Book Blurb by: Rachel
This book is about everything Edwin Binney did in his life and he made inventions. His wife is teacher and said my kids need better art utilities. He already was an inventor with his father’s family company .Edwin’s cousin C. Harold Smith and Edwin took over the business after Edwin’s father retired. They made all different things one thing they made was black tires. White tires did not last as long .In the 1880s they started making school supplies. The first school item was made in the 1900s it was slate pencils. The Crayola item we know today is the 8 pack of crayons that was invented in 1903.Edwin died when he was 61 years old when he was visiting he grandson at collage. He was born November 24th 1866. Now there has been more than 120 billion crayons sold since then.
Today there is a museum in Easton Pennsylvania with a lot of interesting things.
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By 14louisap | May 31, 2011
Eat, Pray, Love
By: Elizabeth Gilbert
Blurb By: Louisa
In this amazing true story, Elizabeth Gilbert finds herself wanting to leave her husband. Whether this means divorce, or just a break, she does not know. She goes for- no. I shouldn’t tell you that. So, she goes to the three places she wanted to go to for a very long time. Those three places are, Italy (Eat), India (Pray), and the Indonesian island of Bali (Love). In Italy she finds herself learning Italian, enjoying herself, and meeting new friends. And of course, loving the food. In India, she stays in a huge place of prayer. She has a hard time praying though. A very, very hard time. Finally, in Bali, she goes back to a very old man, who she went to earlier in her life. When she is here, she collides with a man who may just be the man of her dreams. I can’t tell you the end, but I hope you like it.
I would rate this book five stars. I would say that even though there is not much dialogue, it was very well written. This book is for people who love to read other people’s experiences.
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By 14louisap | May 31, 2011
Allie Kimball and her best friend, Tamara Thompson, are about to start sixth grade. Tamara is worried that she won’t look good on the first day of school, but she can’t wait. Allie isn’t worried one bit. That is, until the first day. She ends up looking like strawberry shortcake in her white pants, pink shirt and curly red hair and freckles! She’s pretty sure her day can’t get worse- but she’s wrong. She and Tam (Allies nickname for Tamara) are only in one class together. Tam and their old friend, Renee, are in almost every other class together. When it’s time for science, (their shared class) Allie is stuck with this weird looking guy- she describes him as a “nork,” her made up word meaning, “someone beyond both nerditude and dorkdom.” But, their is one upside- there’s a soccer team. Allie wants to try out, but Tam wants to be a cheerleader. Allie is torn by soccer and her not-so-best-friend-anymore.
Will Allie get the better of sixth grade? Or will she have to suffer the whole year long? Well, you have to read to find out!
This book was great! I would give this book four out of five stars because, while it was a book that was hard to put down, you could get confused about some things that are going on. I would recommend this book to anyone who is about to go into sixth grade- as long as you won’t worry that sixth grade will totally blow on the first day! And you sixth and seventh graders out there- compare this to your experiences with sixth grade!
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By 14shawnp | May 31, 2011
Rules
By: Cynthia Lord 
Blurb by: Shawn
This book is about Catharine and David who is autistic. Catharine makes rules for David like no toys in the fish tank. And many more rules. I can’t tell you everything about the book but I can tell you my rate for this book is 5/5 of stars because it has funny scenes and also gives great imformation. This book is realistic fiction book. I hope you enjoy the book Rules. Now what a re you doing just standing there? Go to the library and check this book out!
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By 14shawnp | May 31, 2011
My Sister the Vampire
Switched
By: Sienna Mercer
Olivia is the new kid in Franklin Grove. She doesn’t know anyone or she thinks. During the school day she makes friends with a girl named Ivy. Later on they find out they are twins. On this wonderful adventure they switch places. Olivia is Ivy and Ivy is Olivia. Ivy wants to get back at her enemy Charlotte Brown by becoming Olivia. I rate this book 4/5 stars. If you want to know what happens then read the book and series of My Sister the Vampire!
Book Blurb by: Shawn
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By 14ariellem | May 31, 2011
By: Helen Oxenbury
As she climbed up to look through her looking glass, she stepped through and into the magical world of wonder..... Wonderland. Alice goes into a magical world with extraordinary creatures like huge living chess pieces, talking flowers and more. She first meets the flowers in the garden, where she runs into the red queen, who tells her that if she goes through 8 squares (like a pawn would in a chess game, because the white pawn was too young to play anyway) then she would become queen. So she went through the squares and met creatures from poems and fairy tales like Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, The Unicorn and the Lion, even the Red King’s Messenger, and a bunch of others. She went through all the experiences like running with the king and his messengers to watch the Lion and Unicorn fight for the Kings Crown, she even listened to stories and songs like when the white knight saved her from the red, tweedledee’s story about the walrus and the carpenter, and Humpty Dumpty (One I thought was a bit funny) told a story that “didn’t start or finish- just the middle” right before he fell off the wall! When she finally got to the 8th square and found a crown on her head, she was so pleased she almost forgot about going home. But when things go wrong, will Alice be able to get home? Or had she ever left home? Read Alice Through the Looking-Glass to find out!
I really loved this book, it’s definently better than the movie! It was so wonderful because it had actions and feelings that you felt like you were part of, like when “All the King’s Horses and all the King’s Men” went racing to “Put Humpty back together again” and she was in the middle of men riding horses to fix Humpty Dumpty you felt like you were there with her. It has a lot of story to tell all packed inside this amazing book! Anyone would like it, but I’d recommend it to 4th and 5th graders. I hope you like the fantastic book, Alice Through the Looking-Glass!
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By 14sageb | May 31, 2011
By: Margaret Peterson
I want to read this book because it is the 3rd book to the series I'm reading right now:
"The Missing"
By: Bethany Hamilton
I want to read the book
"Soul Surfer" because it's amazing a surfer got back into the water after a shark attack.
By: Carl Hiaasen
I want to read this book because I read the book "
SCAT" also by:
Carl Hiaasen. So I want to read another book by
Carl Hiaasen.
By: Suzanne Collins
I want to read this book because a friend recommended it.
- Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
By: J.K Rowling
I want to read this book because everyone has read the
Harry Potter series. So I would like to start too. Also I have seen all the movies and they are great. So I think the Harry Potter books will be just as good or better than the movies.
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By 14christinak | May 31, 2011
Book Blurb
Rules By: Cynthia Lord
Reviewed By: Christina
“David no toys in the fish tank.” cries David’s older sister Catherine. Hi I’m Christina and I am going to tell you about an interesting book. The name of this book is Rules by: Cynthia Lord. This book is about a girl who has an autistic younger brother. It tells you about Catherine and David’s day-to-day life. One day Catherine sees her neighbor saying that she is moving and that she has sold her house to a family with a daughter just Catherine’s age. There is a clinic that David goes to and sometimes Catherine comes with. One day she came and there was a boy in a wheelchair that cannot talk. Catherine decides to draw him. His mother got really upset at Catherine. She decided to apologize. When she apologized the boy named Jason has a book that has words written on cards that he points to when he wants to talk. He forgives her and tells Catherine that he likes her drawing. Catherine gives it to him, Jason and Catherine become great friends and they really begin to understand each other. The girl next door started to move in and they begin to hang out. Her new neighbor asked her if she wanted to go to a dance and that she should ask Jason. Catherine says no because she is embarrassed about him. If you want to find out what happens in this book read it! I would give this book a 5 out of 5 because it really shows what can happen to somebody’s life, it also shows true friendship.
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By 14torrig | May 31, 2011
By Judy Blume
Blurb By Torri Goss
WHAT! Peter said when he found out about Fudge getting married. Fudge thinks he's getting married to Peters arch nemesis, Sheila Tubman and then they go on a trip to a cabin and peter cant believe who there sharing the cabin with, the Tubmans and Peter literally throws a fit while Fudge is all happy and stuff, but the good news is that peter has his friend but he's still stuck in a house with Sheila and Fudge now for 3 weeks. Fudge is annoying enough without the “Cootie Queen there”. Will Peter survive? Will Fudge actually get married? Will they ever get trained for baseball by Sheila’s famous baseball player Grandpa? You will just have to read the book and find out I guess, because I cant tell you. I can tell you 1 thing it’s a 4 star book!
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By 14nicholasc | May 31, 2011
Title: Witch and Wizard
Author: James Patterson
Blurb by Nicholas C.
Did you ever want to be a wizard or have cool powers? Read James Patterson’s Witch and Wizard. 15 year old Wisty and older brother Whit find out that they have a power that they do not know of. Lots of kids are disappearing in the world. One day, people that they do not know come in their house and tell them to do find the missing children. The people tell them that they have a secret power and they had to give it to them. Whit and Wisty did not know that they had powers. Should they use it to destroy the intruders and save the world? I would recommend this book to people who like adventure. Read James Patterson’s Witch and Wizard to find out how they save the world and destroy the intruders.
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